liv. RRADFORD-ON-AVON AND BATH MEETING. 



Alps. There were two other temples on the right, one dedicated 

 to Selene and the other to the Four Seasons. In this latter 

 temple one broken stone was found in 1790, and another, which 

 fitted it perfectly, was not found until 1897. Mr. Taylor also 

 called attention to an interesting little altar to Minerva and a 

 head of a lady of the time of Diocletian. 



The party were then conducted to a spot in the schola beside 

 the largest Roman bath, and, having seated themselves, were 

 addressed by Alderman MOORE. They were, he said, standing 

 on classic ground. Roman Bath was strictly circumscribed in 

 area, being not more than a quarter of a mile in diameter. The 

 names Westgate Street, Northgate Street, and Southgate Street 

 served to keep alive the fact of old entrances to the city. The 

 bath that they were looking at was the principal one of a series 

 of five running in a line, and it was the finest Roman bath north 

 of the Alps. After the roof had fallen in the debris washed down 

 from the hills surrounding the city filled the bath up and covered 

 it to a considerable height. The Poor Law Union Office was in 

 latter days built over the site. The discovery of the bath was 

 made by Major Davis on going under the house to underpin the 

 foundations, which had been found to be unstable. The bottom 

 of the bath was covered with lead, in sheets of loft, by 5ft., and 

 weighing 4olb. to the foot. 



Bath from early times had drawn its fresh water from St. 

 Winifred's Well, under Lansdown, and this cool spring water 

 was laid on by the Romans to the hot baths and used by them 

 as a douche and for drinking. Bracelets, safety and other pins, 

 ear-rings, and amulets had been found at the drinking-place. It 

 was supposed, judging by the coins found, that the baths were 

 begun in the reign of Claudius, just after he came from England. 

 Full-length statues of eight of the Roman Emperors and 

 Generals who came to Britain had been erected over the schola, 

 the series running from Julius Caesar to Constantine. At the 

 time when the bath was uncovered, Alderman Moore continued, 

 he happened to be Hon. Secretary of a flourishing Bath Micro- 

 scopical Society. On examining the sediment in the bath, he 



